Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona ranks 759th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Northampton, Koblenz, and Christchurch. Memorable people born in Tucson, Arizona include Barbara Eden, Linda Ronstadt, and Hailey Baldwin. Memorable people who died in Tucson, Arizona include Jesse Owens, Nicolaas Bloembergen, and Lee Marvin. Tucson, Arizona has been the birth place of many actors and politicians and the death place of many astronomers and writers. Tucson, Arizona is located in United States.
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona. It is the second-largest city in Arizona behind Phoenix, with a population of 542,629 in the 2020 United States census, while the population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 1,043,433. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area. Both Tucson and Phoenix anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (100 km) north of the United States–Mexico border. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1931 and 1996, Tucson, Arizona was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Barbara Eden, Linda Ronstadt, and Hailey Baldwin. Additionaly, 36 globally memorable people have passed away in Tucson, Arizona including Jesse Owens, Nicolaas Bloembergen, and Lee Marvin. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Tucson, Arizona than were born there.
People Born in Tucson, Arizona
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Barbara Eden
1931 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1
Linda Ronstadt
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 2
Hailey Baldwin
1996 - Present
HPI: 39.58
Rank: 3
Gabby Giffords
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 4
Sharon Leal
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.43
Rank: 5
Greg Ginn
1954 - Present
HPI: 34.10
Rank: 6
Kyrsten Sinema
1976 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 7
Tom Udall
1948 - Present
HPI: 33.09
Rank: 8
Sean Elliott
1968 - Present
HPI: 32.27
Rank: 9
Angélica Celaya
1982 - Present
HPI: 31.90
Rank: 10
Kaylee DeFer
1986 - Present
HPI: 30.39
Rank: 11
Mika Boorem
1987 - Present
HPI: 29.53
Rank: 12
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People Deceased in Tucson, Arizona
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Jesse Owens
1913 - 1980
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 1
Nicolaas Bloembergen
1920 - 2017
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2
Lee Marvin
1924 - 1987
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 3
W. Eugene Smith
1918 - 1978
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 4
Willis Lamb
1913 - 2008
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 5
Harry Harlow
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 6
Fredric Brown
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 7
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1874 - 1960
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 8
Linda McCartney
1941 - 1998
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 9
Margaret Sanger
1879 - 1966
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 10
Monique Wittig
1935 - 2003
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 11
Lloyd Shapley
1923 - 2016
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tucson, Arizona
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Katherine DeMille
1911 - 1995
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 23
Alvah Meyer
1888 - 1939
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 26
Edward Stevens
1932 - 2013
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 32
Jay Chamberlain
1925 - 2001
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 35
Most individuals born in present day Tucson, Arizona were actors (7), politicians (4), singers (1), models (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were astronomers (7), writers (6), athletes (3), actors (3), and physicists (2).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tucson, Arizona, including Barbara Eden, Sharon Leal, and Angélica Celaya. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tucson, Arizona, including Barbara Eden, Sharon Leal, and Angélica Celaya.
